He began his career with Shell Oil Company, providing reservoir
engineering and economic evaluation expertise for oil and gas exploration
and development projects in the Gulf of Mexico. He also worked as
an environmental engineer, ensuring environmental compliance and managing
the Company's relationship to a listed Superfund site.

Dr. Orlando later served as a Research Economist in the Federal Reserve
System, and then as Vice President and Branch Executive of the Fed's
Denver Branch. He was responsible for regional economic research,
energy markets analysis, policy advising, and public communication. Dr.
Orlando also worked as Vice President for Research and Product Development
at a business analytics firm, guiding media measurement algorithm development
and validation.

Dr. Orlando's research spans a range of topics in applied
microeconomics. He has published work on corporate governance, financial
regulatory policy, the economics of payments networks, the geography and
industrial demography of innovation, and energy and environmental policy.
He is also a practiced teacher, has developed courses in economics, finance,
and energy business strategy, and has co-authored a textbook on money and banking.

Dr. Orlando holds degrees in economics from Washington University in
St. Louis, in business administration from Tulane University, and in
petroleum and natural gas engineering from The Pennsylvania State
University.